Bruce Schneier Quotes

Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty.

I don't own encryption, Apple doesn't own encryption. Encryption, as you know, is everywhere. In fact some of encryption is funded by our government.

The encryption genie is out of the bottle.

I talk to cryptographers, some of the leading technologists in the world, all the time about how we can deal with these issues. It is not possible to create a back door that is only accessible, for example, to the FBI.

The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works

The solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything.

I'm a strong believer in strong encryption.

You have to fight for your privacy or you lose it.

There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.

The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital communications and stored data. Right now the use of encryption isn't all that widespread, but that state of affairs is expected to change rapidly.

There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.

There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.

We should be careful not to vilify encryption itself, which is essential for privacy, data security, and global commerce.

I think anybody who uses email in the center of our life needs encryption.

We are moving to a world where all content is encrypted all the time.

You know the interesting thing about encryption is that it cannot be secure just for some people.

One thing Telegram does is make mass surveillance impossible.

Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it.

Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on.

Without strong encryption, you will be spied on systematically by lots of people.

You don't need to be a spook to care about encryption. If you travel with your computer or keep it in a place where other people can put their hands on it, you're vulnerable.

I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people-that if you encrypted your files, you would have the control to make the choice as to whether you would surrender your files.

I think that the people who are trying to shut down WikiLeaks are going to have to accept this as a fact of reality that cryptography allows you to do this kind of thing.

Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption.

I want my government to do something about my privacy - I don't want to just do it on my own.